#B557D7#B557D7

#B557D7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.201 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557D7
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 215)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 59.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, 57.69, -49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 76.26, 319.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.145 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.201 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7281, 21.5477, 66.6066)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557D7 #79D757

analogous

#7557D7 #B557D7 #D757B9

triadic

#B557D7 #D7B557 #57D7B5

tetradic

#B557D7 #D77557 #79D757 #57B9D7

square

#B557D7 #D77557 #79D757 #57B9D7

split-complementary

#B557D7 #B9D757 #57D775

monochromatic

#742391 #9B2EC2 #B557D7 #CB88E3 #E1BAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B557D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#B557D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557D7

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557D7	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5883D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.201 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8be4',
    500: '#b557d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557d7;
$custom-light: #ce8be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.063,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62417,
    "c": 0.20126,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557D7

secondary

#B9DEAC

accent

#E5436E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557D7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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